MOL in first LNG bunkering in western North America

Lake Herman LNG car carrier bunkering fuel from Seaspan Garibaldi

Source: MOL/Seaspan Energy

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines and Seaspan Energy have successfully completed LNG bunkering for the MOL-operated LNG-fuelled car carrier in English Bay, Vancouver, Canada

Conducted on 1 March 2025, this was both the first LNG bunkering for MOL in western North America and the first bunker for an LNG-fuelled car carrier in the region.

The LNG was supplied by Seaspan Garibaldi, an LNG bunkering vessel operated by Seaspan Energy, to Lake Herman, a MOL-operated LNG-fuelled car carrier on a ship-to-ship basis.

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